ACCORDING TO THE "SKANDA PURANA", NOTHING IN THE VEDAS IS SUPERIOR TO "GAYATRI," THE HINDU GODDESS WHOSE NAME MEANS SINGER. ACCORDING TO ONE INTERPRETATION, THE GODDESS "GAYATRI" IS THE LUMINOUS EMANATION OF THE INFINITE POWER OF THE ORIGINAL ONE. THE GODDESS HAD EIGHT ARMS AND WAS ARMED WITH ALL SORTS OF WEAPONS. SHE WAS A PERSONIFICATION OF THE SACRED "GAYATRI MANTRA", A HYMN MADE VISIBLE. SHE IS AN INCARNATION OF THE GODDESS, "SARASWATI" AND IS THE WIFE OF BRAHMA AND MOTHER OF THE FOUR VEDAS.

THE GREAT GODDESS "GAYATRI "GIVES ENJOYMENT AND EMANCIPATION. THIS GODDESS PROVIDES INTELLIGENCE, WISDOM, BRILLIANCE, AND MEMORY, AND PROVIDES THE POWER OF IMAGINATION THROUGH ENLIGHTENING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRINCIPLES AND ITS MEANING.

THE "GAYATRI MANTRA" IS THE SUPREME MANTRA OF THE VEDAS. IT IS THE ONE "MANTRA" THAT CAN BE COMMONLY PRESCRIBED FOR ALL, FOR "GAYATRI "IS THE "MOTHER "OF THE UNIVERSE, "SHAKTI" HERSELF, AND THERE IS NOTHING SHE CANNOT DO. IT IS BOTH A MANTRA AND A PRAYER. SOME SAY IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL PRAYER KNOWN.

THE MANTRA "Aum"

We meditate on the glory of the Creator;
Who has created the Universe;
Who is worthy of Worship;
Who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light;
Who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance;
May He enlighten our Intellect.

TAKOTSI NAKAWE is the Huichol Goddess of the earth. She is the mother of all of the other Gods and of all plant and animal life on the earth. Her children include Tatevali, God of fire, and the four rain serpent Goddesses, Tate Hautse Kupuri, Tate Kyewimoka, Tate Naaliwami, and Tate Rapawiyama. Takotsi Nakawe's name means "grandmother growth."